In the wake of an apparently unrelated shooting death that occurred near the Occupy Oakland encampment on Thursday, it appears that the city may be making another push to force the protesters to disband. A live blog at the Mercury News reported...

News sources are reporting that shots were fired near the White House at 9:04 PM on Friday evening. According to reports, two vehicles were involved in the gunfire on the National Mall. An AK-47 has been recovered from one car that was abandoned...

ISTANBUL — Kurdish rebels hijacked a ferry with 24 people aboard Friday in the sea of Marmara, where their leader Abdullah Ocalan is imprisoned on an island, Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim said. Four or five hijackers claiming to be...

The campaign to recall Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will not officially kick off until next Tuesday, but conservative activists are already openly discussing plants to sabotage the petition drive. The Politicscoop blog reported on...

The Guardian reported on Friday that British police have arrested more than 170 members of the far-right English Defense League over threats to attack the Occupy encampment in London. The arrests took place outside a London pub, but police...

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Military action against Iran could have “unintended consequences” in the region, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday, hours after Tehran warned that an attack against its...

At an Veteran’s Day campaign event in South Carolina Friday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney hinted that he might introduce “private sector competition” for veterans’ health care and other benefits. Romney...

In a segment Thursday night, MSNBC’s liberal host Rachel Maddow used a bit of improv to analogize the defense being employed by Republican presidential candidate Hermcan Cain, whose history of grappling with sexual harassment allegations...

With a crush of marriages, a rush to buy lucky lottery tickets and prayers for peace and oneness, people worldwide marked Friday’s once-per-century 11/11/11 lineup with humor, hope and a hint of mischief. Couples from Shanghai to Jakarta...

At least 14 people were killed in violence in Syria on Friday, most of them civilians in the restive city of Homs, as Human Rights Watch accused the regime of crimes against humanity. The Arab League, meanwhile, held a preparatory session in...

Mexican Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora and seven others died in a helicopter crash near Mexico City on Friday, a government spokeswoman said Friday. “Unfortunately the interior secretary, his collaborators and thehelicopte...